Safety-gate



(No Model.)

P. MOTLEY.

' SAFETY GATE.

No. 605,502A Patented June 14,1898.

llivirnn STATES# PETER'MOTLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAF E'l'Y-'G AT E.

srEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. '605,502, cated nine 141898.

' Application filed october s, 1897.

dent to children playing in proximity thereto.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, its constructionand operation will now be described y in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a perspective of a gate made in accordance with myimprovement; and Fig. 2, an elevation of the same, a portion thereofbeing in section,'so as to illustrate the operating parts thereof. A

In carrying out my invention as here embodied I` construct the mainsection ofthe gate from suitable rails A and uprights B and B and partlyclose the space betweensaid rails by the slats C, or this portion ofthel gate may be made in any other suitable manner, the design thereofbeing immaterial. Ashere shown, one end of the gate is provided withrecesses or guideways D,formed in the top and bottom rails, and withinthese guideways are tted the sliding bars E in such manner that they maybe drawn outward or slid in- 4ward, as desired, and this movement of theslide-bars is limited by means of a screw F, having a washerGthereunder, and also bythe yoke I-I, through which passes a bolt I, alsopassing through thev inner end of the lower slide-bar. The outer ends ofthe slide-bars are connected by the uprights B2, and this 5o portion ofthe gate may be automatically distended by the spring J, which is coiledat K,

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and held in place within a suitable socket formed in the post B by a pinL. l

A gate of thisconstruction may be swung by suitable hinges securedtoftheupright B in a doorway, so that the door itself may be left open,while at the same time small chil- ,dren will be prevented from passingthrough the doorway, or when occasion requiresthe gate may be fitted inthe guideways of a window-casing after the window has been partlyraised, after the manner of a iiy-s`creen,`thus affording ventilation,while at the same time avoiding the possibility of accident to childrenplaying in proximity to said window.

The-adjustability of the upright B2 adapts this gate for use inconnection with openings of varying width within certain limits, and, ifdesired, the sliding barsE may be locked in any adjustment by means ofthe sliding bolts M, which are held in place in any suitable manner,their inner ends being threaded and running into a turnbuckle N, so thatby the proper manipulation of this turnbucklev the pointed ends of theslide-bolts may be forced into the slide-bars, as clearly shown in Fig.2, thus locking the sliding member of the gate in the desiredadjustment. This arrangement is especially desirable when the gate is tobe hinged, and is intended for constant use in the passing to and fro ofolder persons, since this to-andlfromovement of the gate would `beinterfered with were the sliding member left free to vary its adjustmentwhen this end of the gate was swung out of the casing. Y.

When my improvement is intended for use only in connection with awindow-casing or thelike, a sliding member similar to that j ustdescribed may be connected withthe opposite end of the gate,therebylincreasingits capacity for adjustment twofold, as will bereadily understood.

Other slight modifications might be made in the construction here shownand described without departing from the spirit of my invention, andIgtherefore do not wish togbe l ICO Consisting of the sliding bars ttingWithin the body of the gate, an upright connecting said bars, and boltsarranged on the body of the gate to engage said bars and hold thesliding member in adjustment, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the body of the gate of the character described,a sliding member Consisting of the upright, bars projecting therefromand telesoopioally arranged in the body of the gate, stops carried bythe bars adapted to abut an upright of the body to limit the movement ofthe sliding member, bolts arranged on said body, a turnbuokle threadedon the inner ends of the boltsforoing the outer ends into engagementWith the sliding bars, and a spring between the body ixed. my signaturein the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' PETER MOTLEY.

W'itnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON,

ALLIsoN W. MCCURDY.

